Radical 177

Radical 177 is with the meaning " leather " is one of eleven of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by nine strokes.

With 43 ​​combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are quite a lot of characters that can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

Radical leather absorbs only in the long list of traditional character radicals consisting of 214 radicals 177 position. In modern abbreviation dictionaries may find a completely different place. In the New Sino- German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, there is, for example, to 212 place.

There are two radicals for the leather. This one is widely used and has many derivatives, while the other (radical 107) has only four. Today it is difficult to explain the distinction. However, the icon shows a sheepskin, which is suspended (the two horizontal lines) and of two hands is scraped off.

As bearers of meaning for leather provides革his signs in this meaning such as:靴( = Boots),鞍( = saddle) ,鞘( qiao = scabbard ).

For革is also the Hexagram 49 of the I Ching.

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 177

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 177 under the code point number 12,208 (U 2 FB0 ).

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